Welcome to Bottle Porn Friday! Our community project for today: wear something you bought in part or in full because of the bottle, or a fragrance you think has a beautiful (or otherwise perfect) bottle.
As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you're not participating in the community project.
I'm wearing L'Artisan Ananas Fizz, from the original pineapple-top bottle. It will be perfect for the hot weather we're expecting today.
Reminder: next Friday, 15 May, will be Fake Flanker Friday — wear a perfume that doesn't have a flanker but should, and tell us what the flanker should be called and what it should smell like.
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2015, where I'll try to always have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
The obvious choices in my collection are the Lolita Lempickas, Idole de Lubin EDT, and Kenzo Amour Le Parfumeur, all of which are a bit much on a hot day. So I went with Smell Bent Sweet Tyranny, with its very unique cartoonized bottle. It’s a warm iris, sort of like Parfumerie Generale’s.
Had to go look that up… Smell Bent calls it a “creamsicle iris,” which sounds interesting (though not really up my alley). That is a fun bottle!
I need to look it up too. And always wanted that Idole de Lubin bottle!
Me too!
So jealous about the Idole EdT!
It was on my to-buy list for too long and when I decided to get it, it was gone. I’m really not a fan of the edp bottle. Yuck!
When I heard Idole was discontinued, I finally panicked and bought it for the bottle. There perfume is unusual and interesting, but would not have bought an FB except for the wonderful bottle.
I couldn’t go with bottle porn today (Idole, Galaad, Heritage, etc) and instead went for Scent of Peace for Him (Bn9).
Happy Friday! 🙂
Happy Friday!
Bond no 9 has distinctive bottles, feel as though you should get partial credit at least 🙂
Some of my favorite bottles that I own include Mariella Burani, DK Black Cashmere (in the pebble bottle), TC Alahine, and Penhaligon’s Violetta. However, today it’s Chamade parfum from that upside-down heart bottle. So beautiful – bottle and juice.
That is a gorgeous bottle.
Is your TC bottle the newer or older version? To my surprise, I rather like Alahine!
It’s the older one, I should have said – squared off glass, not round metallic. The current ones don’t look NEARLY as nice, at least in pictures.
Oh, gosh, I forgot about Marielle Burani and Chamade when I did my list below! I wish that I had a back up bottle of MB – I’d probably wear it more often. As it is, I horde the 1 oz I have left!
Beautiful fragrance in a beautiful bottle! (I’m envious. I have vintage PdT, which I love, but it is in a tester bottle.)
Journey Woman. I love my red and gold bottle. 🙂
Amouage really is Bottle Porn 🙂 And a lovely scent.
I love my Fleurs de Rocaille parfum bottle, but I don’t have it with me. So I’m wearing Silences, which I bought despite the bottle. 😉
The old Silences bottle isn’t quite so bad… the top comes off. It’s not the integrated sprayer thing on the newer bottle, which is really awkward to hold and spritz at the same time.
(I just looked – I’ve got four black/very dark bottles, despite not liking black much: 80s Silences parfum de toilette, modern Silences Eau de Parfum Sublime, L’arte di Gucci, and Memoir Woman. I don’t really like any of the bottles, but that didn’t stop me buying these.)
My SOTD is Essences Insensées by Diptyque. I did not buy it for the bottle, but it is a fancy bottle. This stuff is limited edition. I love it and I think that I need a backup bottle (that I would keep in the fridge, of course).
Scent twins! I bought it for both the bottle and the fragrance inside. It’s lovely on both counts. I get lots of mimosa and honey, and a fleeting bit of spice.
As with most L’Artisans, its lasting power is negligible, but it’s so beautiful while it lasts. plus, it was a gift. 🙂
Love the Ananas Fizz bottle, too!
I get mimosa, some spice, and a tiny bit of violet. It’s green and creamy, too. It doesn’t last long, but it is so beautiful and brings me so much joy that it was worth the price.
I want a bottle of Ananas Fizz, even if it is in the plain bottle. But, yeah the pineapple topped bottle is very cool!
Ditto me – that’s what I’m wearing. The bottle is gorgeous!
To me the pattern is like feathers or fern fronds that are curled at the tips.
Yes!
Yes, perfect description.
I have never tried this one. To the list it goes!
SOTD is Rossy de Palma. I didn’t buy it for the bottle by any stretch, but I do love the bottle — DRAGONS!
But while I’m here can I complain that my ELDO bottles tend to get sticky sprayers? Like it’s hard to depress the atomizer. Anyone else have this issue?
I had to look that up. That is a nice looking bottle!
The red cap is a nice touch.
Oh you smell divine! That was my wedding perfume. It is a good-looking bottle I agree!
One of my all-time favorites!
Dragons are always a great choice. If I were to buy a scent for the name alone (good idea for a poll?), it would be Cartier’s Baiser de Dragon.
I’m quite fond of the bottle design, too. In my top ten of well-designed bottles. The fragrance isn’t half bad, either!
Good to know! I haven’t even tried BdD for years. It’s time to revisit it.
Great rose fragrance!
I haven’t had any sticky sprayers with ELDO yet and I have 3 or 4. I did have a leak from the Rossy de Palma bottle in the coffret I got. The one bottle that I have that constantly gets a sticky sprayer is John Varvatos Artisan. That darn thing spits at me like a camel.
I actually have the stickiness problem with my DSH Oeillet Rouges. The first one died and DSH sent me a second one and that one died as well. I need to email them to get a third one.
Somehow i woke up early this morning and haven’t been able to go back to sleep. Very unusual for this night owl (hate going to bed, hate getting up in the morning).
Anyway! Bottle porn Friday. I am picky about bottles, but i usually buy based on juice. The bottles i have purchased based on bottle design have been vintage splash bottles that have long since turned. Love sleek, understated designs. Another reason Chanel appeals to me, ha.
Today it is a toss up between DK Cashmere Mist Liquid Nude, for the pretty color and gentle lines. Feels nice in the hand, easy to hold.
Alternate is Chanel no. 5 eau premiere, tall bottle. Or Beige with its magnetic top that snaps so satisfyingly into place.
Or Infusion d’iris, love all the special design touches on that one.
Hmmm.
“Nice in the hand” is probably more important to me than “easy on the eyes.” Both are subordinate to “smells great,” though.
Yes!!
Post shower i applied No 5 eau premiere 🙂
Exactly!
This.
Agree!
I’m in Chanel 28 La Pausa.
I was also going to mention the magnetic top on the Exclusifs bottles! It has such a satisfying, heavy ‘snap’ when it clicks back into place – with the double C logo always the right way round. And the huge 200ml bottle still manages to look elegant.
I don’t usually care at all about bottles, but I have to admit that the solid feel of this one (and yes, the snap of the lid) add to the sensory pleasure of spraying this on. It feels like a truly luxurious experience 🙂
The Le Labo bottles have that same satisfying click as well!
Oh, interesting! I’ve only ever sprayed from uncapped bottles at the counter.
This could be an – albeit niche – Community Friday Project. Nicest-sounding bottle tops!
Eeek, I have to correct my statement. The Le Labo caps don’t click…they are hefty though.
31 Rue Cambon is on my buy list – glad to hear that the Exclusifs bottles are so satisfying.
I agree – the classic Les Exclusifs bottle with the magnetized cap is really nice, and it does feel substantial in the hand.
I love that too about the Exclusifs bottles. The Amouage ones do that too.
Nebbe – I also have that can’t go to sleep, and can’t get up thing…
I’v found that vetiver makes it harder for me to go to sleep, though more alert in the morning. Lavender helps to convince myself its ok to go to bed!
Interesting! I am going to have to try the vetiver morning energizer thingie.
Every once in awhile i get up early and I feel enormously proud of myself.
Happy Friday Merlin!
The classic Chanel bottle is my all-time favorite, too. Happily, I also love many Chanel fragrances, as noted downstream here. Many choices for today’s theme.
Ditto classic Chanel bottles. It is so austere, and so iconic. I have an empty No 5 bottle that I leave on my dresser b/c I like to look at it!
Just so classy!
The bottles I liked best when the scents were first announced were Lys Noir and Irish Leather but neither of those worked on my skin once I tested them. Instead, I’m wearing Freschiiissimo which is my newest scent but is in a rather plain and boring bottle
Wish I could wear Irish Leather because that bottle is so nice!
I am wearing Love by Chloe. I didn’t pick it for the bottle as I love the perfume. However, I really do like the bottle with the little gold chain connecting the bottle to the cap. I think it is just classy looking.
Oooo, totally classy bottle. Nice choice!
Told myself I’d wear Patou 1000 with it’s jade green bottle, but couldn’t face it in New Orleans humidity where I’m visiting family.
First stop, Saks fragrance dept. Several major changes: Annick Goutal is gone (available NYC & online only). But they now have a full Chanel boutique (finally got to try Coromandel!), and expect to get an Hermes boutique in July or August.
Have a great Mother’s Day all.
I’m finding Coromandel is really lovely in the warmer weather. Maybe because it is gourmande, it seems to go well with Mexican food. How did you like it?
I love it, but was wondering about wearing it in warm weather, so appreciate the input. I’ll get a better idea back in NM.
Kinda covet that green 1000 bottle…is it glass, resin or what?
It’s glass, comes in several sizes…quietly pretty.
Have fun in NOLA! One of my favorite vacation spots. I can’t exactly recall the name of the perfume boutique in the French Quarter, Evangeline Oaks? Lagniappe something? Anyway, I’ve read good things about their perfumes on the Makeupalley fragrance board and it shouldn’t be hard to find – y’know, if you’re interested 😉
Bourbon French Parfums?
French Bourbon is the one I *haven’t* been to…Hove is the other one in the French Quarter, both selling their own products. Avery Perfumes retails niche lines in an area not far from the French Quarter. Dragging family to sniff sessions is a challenge, and they seem to think I may be abducted to Mars if I travel alone. You’d think I was 110.
Vol de Nuit parfum. I can’t believe I didn’t think I had anything for today’s theme; the VdN bottle is spectacular. Of course, because of the price, I don’t actually own a bottle, but when I went through my samples last night, this was the obvious choice.
Love that bottle!
That is one lovely bottle. I have a crush on it!
Great choice!
Yes, Vol de Nuit is a gorgeous bottle! I wish I had the funds to get an older one. I do have a vintage VdN travel atomizer which is really pretty with the “gold” work on the front.
I’m in Serge Lutens De Profundis, courtesy of a swap with the lovely and generous hajusuuri. I’ve never bought a fragrance strictly for the bottle, but I do lust after a bell jar of De Profundis – I think that counts!
That definitely counts. I want one of those dang expensive bottles as well.
Totally random: Jenkr, what is going on in your Avatar?
Haha, it’s a very old photo of me pulling back my hair.
Here is the full photo:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/louveciennes/4037293273/in/set-72157604984843518
Ooooooooooooooooohhhhhhh… . .
(That was very sweet of you to post the link! Nice hair!)
Whoa, in miniature your hair looks like ET. Seeing the full size pic I’m envious.
It’s hard not to want at least one bell jar, isn’t it?
Almost impossible. 🙂
When I first saw the bell jars, I was disappointed that they were actually pretty tiny but good things do come in small packages 😉
The ULTIMATE bell jar bottle porn is the Limited Edition Mandarin Mandarine Dragon bottle.
Well, I don’t seem to have any fancy bottles. Most are pretty utilitarian. hmmm, interesting. Actually I really love my travel size bottle of Tocca Collette. Even the sprayer is miniature and it is such a sweet little oblong bottle, a little reminiscent of the old style “umbrella” shaped bottles with the girly rounded Tocca cap. I think I will wear that one today!
I also like the full size Tocca bottles. They are substantial in their weight and the decorations on the cap look so beautiful.
I’ve almost bought a bottle of Tocca Stella just b/c I wanted the bottle, but I forced myself to pull back! Tocca bottles are very pretty.
I could have chosen a dozen bottles (Nu! Salvador Dali! Black Orchid!) but I’m in vintage Montana Parfum de Peau because Serge Mansau is perhaps the greatest bottle designer ever (greater than Lalique? Maybe) and that bottle is some kind of genius. It’s so evocative: it was inspired by a twirling maple seed but it’s also like a spiral of DNA or an abstract Dance if the Seven Veils. So amazing.
Superb bottle, yes. And you smell great.
The Dali “nose” bottles are the coolest scent bottle idea ever!
I have no idea what the juice is like.
Love the nose bottles too! I have a mini of Laguna, but I don’t adore the scent.
I don’t know what it might have been reformulated into now but when it was new, the scent was astounding, a huge eighties floral oriental that somehow didn’t seem heavy or overbearing (it wasn’t Obsession, let’s put it that way). And it honestly didn’t read as feminine: maybe not quite unisex, but more than wearable by a man.
The original Dali was a knockout oriental. I had a mini nose when I was in high school. I looved that fragrance! But I haven’t smelled it in years.
Yes, that Parfum de Peau bottle is a beauty!
SOTD is La Fille de Berlin. I like the standard simple SL bottle with the magenta juice, but I’d love to have this one: http://www.cosmeticsbusiness.com/news/article_page/Picasso_inspires_Serge_Lutens_latest_scent_La_Vierge_de_Fer/89703
Also, I used the last of my sample of LFdB. I now need a full bottle.
I love the simplicity of the Lutens spray bottles with their tidy little ball caps or tall elegant spray caps. They’re really beautiful objects.
I like the Lutens spray bottles, too, but I just wish that they could still fit into their boxes when the spray cap is on. Should have made those boxes just a bit taller.
Me too!
I like the little ball cap too. I use one on Sa Majest La Rose b/c I only need a little bit of it.
I also was smitten by the fragrance and the bottle/juice color. I bought this impulsively on first sniff and have loved it during the winter but suddenly it has started to overwhelm me. Maybe it’s better for me in winter weather.
I really love the simple lines of the Lutens export line bottles. Bvlgari Black and the Comme des Garçons pebble are simple and attractive. (especially the CdG 3)
The two bottles that I love though are Héros from Uomo Parfums/Didier Calvo (THE original greek torso bottle) and I Distillati Anima Vibrante from Atkinson (a perfect brown glass “drop”). Since both are rich Frankincense fragrances, I’m not wearing them today.
Instead, I’m wearing L’eau de L’Artisan
Good Girl Gone Bad by Killian- if you see Killian’s bottles you will understand …
The purse sprays are extremely well put together too.
They could double as a weapon they are so heavy!
Scent twins! I’m wearing Good Girl Gone Bad also.
You smell fab!
Oh. I forgot about that one. I have that FB… I do like the bottle, but it also makes me think of women who can wear white slacks or white suits with elegance and class.. Not this rather zaftig perfumista!
My favorite bottles are SL Bell jars, Chanel perfume bottles and Balenciaga vintage splash bottles. Today I am wearing Chanel Coco Mademoiselle extrait.
The classic Chanel bottle is wonderful!
I have never bought a fragrance based on the bottle design. That being said, I do have some bottles that I think are fun or appropriate to their scent. For example Bvlgari Black’s bottle looks like a tire, and is totally appropriate with the slight rubber vibe the scent has. Some bottles are almost too much trouble. For example, when I wore a Kenzo Eau de Fleur earlier this week I had a hard time spraying it because of the shape of the bottle. I love the Tocade and Tocadilly bottles, they are so much fun, and in fact am wearing Tocadilly today. One scent I kind of bought for the bottle was Cheap & Chic. I loved the Olive Oyl shaped bottle. Unfortunately the fragrance smell like hair spray from the ’80s.
…and to Canadians Bvlgari Black’s bottle resembles a hockey puck!
I don’t think hockey exists in Texas.
The Dallas Stars. I only know this because my goddaughter worked in their marketing/sales dept.
San Antonio Rampage fans would be horrified to hear you say that! 🙂
Three contenders today: Jour d’Hermes (thank you meredifay!!!!!), No. 22 (I’m so with you, nebbe), and Kouros.
“What, Kouros,” you ask? My brother had a 10-liter bottle in the eighties. (I was smaller then, so adjust proportionately). I can still see it looming overhead in the bathroom. He must have placed it out of my reach for good reason, since I did enjoy playing Chemistry Set with my mother’s perfumes until she found out.
That bottle epitomized the thrilling mystery of a much older brother who, I was sure, possessed all of the Secrets of Adulthood, secrets that the actual adults could not fathom.
I bet they couldn’t fathom all that Kouros. But, now, I can.
I LOVE this story.
Yes! Second this.
Love it!
Love everything about this 🙂
Great story. My grandfather’s second wife was a very dressy southern lady, and she had this dresser tray that I saw only once, that was just covered with bottles – must have been 20? – it was a very shocking and impressive display to my 12 year old eyes!
Things really look different from below.
🙂 Agree with all the love.
So many lovely bottles on my shelf. The star shaped one (refillable) for Angel, Agent Provocateur edp (pink egg shaped), and Dior’s Dolce Vita. In the end, it was a toss up between the pebble-shaped Hermes Eau des Merveilles (and the flankers) and Marni by Marni edp.
I went for Marni. Such a cute bottle. I have the 30ml one too, which is just perfect.
Oh, good pick. I looked right past that today….
Ah. The polka dots were so cute for me to miss this morning 🙂
I love the Hermes Merveilles bottles–if money were no object, I’d buy one of each.
Iris Nazarena. I didn’t buy it *just* for the bottle, but I love the look of the Aedes bottles (they’re a bit awkward to spray though), and I wouldn’t mind having all of them, one in every color… but this is the only scent I’ve liked enough to spring for more than a travel spray. Copal Azur is close, though, and it does have that lovely cobalt blue bottle…
Ooh, yes, those are beautiful bottles! (I briefly considered getting a bottle of Copal Azur just because the bottle shape is so pretty.)
I haven’t seen these bottles IRL, but in the pictures they look glorious. And the notes for Iris Nazarena sound like something I would love love love. Probably a good thing I haven’t seen it in person, then. Don’t have to know what I’m missing….
Agree. Aedes bottles are beautiful and Iris Nazarena is my favourite both in terms of the scent and the bottle. It’s on my to-buy list.
Ok, I have to write this even though I already posted my SOTD.
The phallic look of most Guerlain bottle caps/tops has always been a bit weird for me. I get that most are for the strings/tassels and like, but still…. love the juice, but the bottle caps are hilariously weird for me.
I think the Halston bottles look like sex toys.
(Maybe I should get out more. I don’t know.)
Glad you said it first… But I agree!
oh I would agree with that as well.
About the bottle (not about you getting out more!)
They do kinda. I can see that. Haha. Kinda makes one wonder what the marketing / bottle design stage was like for these.
Look at this one though… http://www.amazon.com/SCREW®-Clandestine-Cologne-Men-SPRAY/dp/B00DNJDUVG
Okay, that cracked me up!!
WOW.
But is it flexible?
I think so. It says, “Recommended use: casual.”
Hysterical!!!!
😀
Good question! 😀
I can think of many names for scents made by ‘clandestine’, but few as brutally upfront as ‘screw’!
And then there’s the old Givenchy III bottle… 😉
What about the Mahora EDP bottle then? It is truly phallic! Perry Ellis 360? Philtre D’Amour?
I just bought Lolita Lempicka L’Eau En Blanc for the bottle because I collect the apples. I was afraid the juice would be way too powdery after reading the reviews on Fragrantica but I am delighted that it is not heavily powdery and is effervescent when it comes out of the bottle!
ITA, Jenkr! And speaking of things phallic, here’s my favorite from Guerlain:
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1600&bih=742&q=sucrier+guerlain&oq=sucrier+guerlain&gs_l=img.3…2322.16884.0.17718.16.8.0.8.8.0.297.1090.0j7j1.8.0.msedr…0…1ac.1.64.img..7.9.1110.kT9FStBEsug#imgrc=RbnI4SuLwz1k7M%253A%3BA8611Ch6W6bExM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fimg.over-blog.com%252F375x500%252F3%252F87%252F15%252F13%252FMes-FLacons-GUERLAIN%252FSucrier-Madame.JPG%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fcollection2al1.over-blog.com%252Fpages%252F_Ma_Collection_Flacons_CARON_et_GUERLAIN_-3161259.html%3B375%3B500
Especially since I just looked up the word “sucrier” in my French-English dictionary, and it literally means “sugar bowl.” So, here we have “the lady’s sugar bowl.” Insert one of those ROTFL animated icons here.
Gives new meaning to the term “bottle porn.” 😀
Whats amazing is that that design probably looked reasonably innocent to its original designer, lol!
A few fragrances in my current rotation have bottles I dearly love:
The smooth almost pebble-sized flat blue bottle of vintage Worth Je Reviens extrait that slips into its own midnight blue sueded leather case and fits neatly in the palm of one’s hand, its deep blue elegance indicative of the somewhat melancholy fragrance within;
The classic Balmain Vent Vert (early 90’s Calice Becker reform), its straight lines balanced by its jaunty bright green tilted cap and perky polka dot bow, its green juice and strong letters seemingly in motion, all facets of the bottle expressing so beautifully the essence of this scent;
And today’s choice, Anne Flippo’s 2002 creation, Trussardi Skin. Its sleek translucent columnar bottle topped in soft yellow and ending in an unusual shaped bottom in green, fits beautifully in the hand. I like the artistry of my bottles to reflect the scent that lies within, and the luminescence of this container suits the slightly lemony topnote that settles into the cedar-patchouli-mossy-woody bottom that hugs the skin so beautifully and is so aptly named. One of my very favorite spring ‘me but just a little bit more’ fragrances!
Great descriptions! And I agree about the Je Reviens bottle; that was my favorite perfume for decades!
The Je Reviens bottle is lovely. The shape is like a worry stone, so pleasing to hold.
DK Fuel for Men: I am wearing it from the reissued cylindrical bottles, but remembering the phaser/price gun bottle of the original issue.
I had that and LOVED it. A piece of art. And the bottle tarnished from your skin oils over time so it looked even more extraordinary.
I’m not really playing along today, since I don’t think I’ve ever bought perfume for the bottle. Wearing Jo Malone Grapefruit for a warm day with a big meeting.
Unrelatedly, I want to give a HUGE shout out and heartfelt thank you to SunnyDay. In our last swap meet, she sent something that never made it to me (grrrr, post office). She then took it upon herself to send out ANOTHER entire package, which I got last night. It is fantastic, and included a sample of Sycomore which was one of the things I most wanted to try. I’m trying to justify needing yet another vetiver scent….Anyway, she is THE BEST, and an all around lovely person. Thank you, thank you!
That was very awesome of SunnyDay to do. Bravo for our awesome NSTers 🙂
Yay, SunnyDay! And missionista, you deserve it!
I love the Jo Malone Grapefruit. Something about it reminds me of Annick Goutal’s Hadrien. and, actually, I rather like the full size bottle that Jo Malone puts out. They are visually appealing to me.
Sycomore is gorgeous! I’m glad your swap got “fixed”.
I am beader who has always loved glass, so I am big into the bottles.
I am wearing Annick Goutal Songes from one of those hand painted bottles that the Goutal line tried out a few years ago.
They abandoned the idea and a few of the bottles (including mine) went up for a sale on the internet really cheap.
Score!
I also have a passion for glass from working with beads!
I got my Songes moon bottle from an online discounter a few years ago too. It is so beautiful!
So hard to choose today. As so many before me, I don’t buy for the bottles, but there are some that are more appealing than others. I love a lot of the classic bottles…especially the beautiful little Chanel perfume bottles. Also love the classic Guerlain bottles so it might be a l’Heure Bleue. It isn’t “fancy” but the 24 Faubourg bottle is so very pretty. Also adore the Eau des Merveilles bottles, just magical.
The stately great houses clearly put together the aesthetic that turns my crank.
I love the classic Chanel bottle shape too.
It’s perfection, to my eyes.
Eau des Merveilles in the LE blue Pegasus bottle. I first fell in love with the perfume after taking it for a test drive by sampling at a local Nordstroms. As I was researching it, I came across a reference to the limited edition bottle. When I saw the photo online, I was a goner.
I stalked the Bay until I found a tester for a very good price and Shazam! I scooped it up and have given it some serious love. We will never be parted, even after all the juice is gone 🙂
Oh, lucky you! I love the scent and that bottle especially, but I’m quite fond of the regular bottle, too, which is the one I have.
Oh, that bottle is gorgeous!
So many pretty bottles to choose from (Encre Noir, Shalimar, Mitsuko, Lolita Lempika, all of my Laliques . . .) In the end I decided to go with Cartier Declaration Essence – I love the color (turquoise) as well as the heart-shaped top. And of course it smells fabulous!
Oh yah. I love that Encre Noir bottle.. I even keep it on my dresser sometimes just to look at it.
I don’t buy perfume for the bottles, but with that said, I had two great choices for today: Chamade parfum or Vol de Nuit parfum. I dug the Chamade out of the purgatory box (it’s on the auction block) to give it yet another chance. Turns out it was a mistake. For some reason, my love of several years has become an orange juice after toothpaste experience. It makes me sad as I do love that bottle.
Happy Friday all!
Oh yuck. The bottle is so gorgeous, though.
You could… wash it out and simply display it?
😀
When it’s over, it’s over, right?
lol! In all things, I guess! Over the years, I’ve found my tastes moving more to center – last winter I sold off my very sweet scents (Iris Ganache, Spiritueuse Double Vanille, etc.) but at the same time the bitter greens don’t seem to work any more either. Hmm… now that I think about like that, I realize I’m moving back to where I began many, many years ago.
I’ve never really cared for sweet fragrances. I was historically an oriental gal. But now I find myself moving farther into dry greens and classic chypres. Although I do still love Chamade.
I don’t buy for the bottle, but I went with Lolita Lempicka today for the cute purple apple.
A perfect TGIF scent and perfect for a TGSIFH day. (Thank GD Summer is Finally Here)
SOTD (BOTD?) is Viktoria Minya Hedonist. Which I bought because I love the scent… but those crystals in the bottle sure are pretty. oooo sparkles! 🙂
Oh, that’s a beautiful bottle! It was luring me like crazy and although I did like the perfume, I didn’t like it enough to justify a FB! But SO PRETTY!
I went with the original agent provocateur which has a pretty cute bottle but more importantly made me smell and feel warm and happy on a blustery brisk day!
I have owned and swapped and repurchased AP at least twice. I should just get a decant and be done with it but you’re right, that bottle is really cute 🙂
there’s a 25ml purse spray that’s even cuter! Just throwing it out there…..
Like mals86, I love the upside-down heart flacon of Chamade parfum for its bottle and its scent. But I decided not to be a copycat 🙂 and went with No. 19 edp, another green floral that I adore. Those classic Chanel bottles will always be gorgeous to me.
I love the Chanel bottles too. The proportions are so pleasing.
I so agree (oh, I’m repeating myself all over this thread . . .)
Agreed. I almost wore a Chanel today. Simple chic like that will always be beautiful.
Chanel bottle fan here too. I acquired Coco Noir in the swapmeet, that bottle is gorgeous but it is too warm to suit me today.
Wearing VCA Midnight in Paris., and that is a beautiful bottle. The only bottle I just bought for the shape was a mini of the JPG snow globe perfume. I also bought my then-favourite Dioressimo in an amphora, and that was the only time I bought the parfum. And of *course* I still have the bottle!
Midnight in Paris is such an attractive bottle!
And you still have Diorissimo in the amphora bottle… (bows in awe)
I am curious about Midnight in Paris, as I’ve seen it around at a very good price (boxed! therefore haven’t seen the bottle yet). So, now I know that the bottle is gorgeous. What about the scent? The NST review suggests that it fades to the tonka pretty quickly and stays there. What do you experience?
My son wears it. It *is* primarily about the tonka, but I don’t mind that.
Thanks!
I like it, as it reminds me of a winter beach. It’s quite similar to Miller Harris Fleurs de Sel, although the latter is more herbaceous.
Bottle twins today with all the Guerlain folks as I am wearing L’Heure Bleue parfum. I’ve never bought a scent for the bottle, although I have bought pretty bottles (in Italy) to fill with scent. I did like Slumberhouse’s old bottles, cylinders with glass beads inside.
I love that classic bottle as well as the big, tear-drop shaped one that you can sometimes find with edt.
Those big tear-drop EdTs with the coquille stoppers are some of my favs, both for the bottle and that variation on the perfumes.
I know; they’re so organic and sensuous to hold.
L’Heure Bleue is beautiful: scent and bottle!
Nectarine Blossom and Honey. I would really like to own one the limited edition lace bottles that are coming out in May. Now that I finally own a full bottle of a Jo Malone (French Lime Blossom) I realized that there is something aesthetically appealing to me in its size, weight and shape. With that extra touch of filigree to decorate it I would be ecstatic to have it grace my dresser.
Yes, I think the lace bottles look beautiful, darkly romantic.
I was particularly tempted by Infusion d’Iris Absolue and l’Ambre des Merveilles this morning, but they didn’t feel right for the day. I looked right past Marni, too. But I chose Jour d’Hermes, and I do love this bottle. It is so satisfyingly dense (such a contrast to the scent), and I like the little touch of the name showing through from the back side of the glass. I find it a bit hard to hold and spray, but it doesn’t lessen my love for the bottle. And my little mini splash is so adorable!
My SOTD is Emilio Pucci Vivara, which is bang on the money (to me) in terms of “great bottle/so-so scent.” I love the flat, smooth shape of the bottle and the way it feels in my hand. I love the design of the cap, with it’s classic Pucci-style swirls of lime green, purple, and soft blue. I don’t reach for it often (and today was the perfect reason to), but when I do I smile looking at the bottle.
Other bottles I sigh over but don’t own: Armani Prive Eau de Jade, Tom Ford Private Blend Jasmine Rouge and Neroli Portofino (I’m a sucker for reds and greens), and Cartier La Panthere (I want a FB of this!).
Oh yes! How could I forget La Panthere. Gorgeous bottle!
And I think it has a fragrance to match. It’s on my shortlist.
Oh my gosh, I forgot about my Panthere too! The drawbacks of keeping the bottle in the box…
Those are the 2 Tom Fords I would love for the bottle – but even if I liked the juice, they are still too expensive!
I completely agree. I think his scents are great and, yep, the bottles are typically stunning (most of his are gorgeous, imo), but the price is…yeeesh.
I cannot remember the exact name but not that long ago Sephora sold a few of the Emilio Puccis and one really captured my heart. I believe it was Sole 149 or 491 (and the name was much, much longer). It was a citrus with a tomato leaf note and I drained the sample but never bought a full bottle. I could kick myself for it quickly went out of production and wasn’t even to be found on discount perfume websites. Last I checked there was a bottle on e-bay for close to three hundred.
My curiosity got the better of me so after some research it was Pucci Viara Varianzioni Sole 149 from 2009 with notes of tomato leaf, galbanum, Sambac jasmine, patchouli and vetiver. I think I was so taken with it because it reminded me a bit of Folavril and the sunny lemon cap with the swirl design was so visually appealing.
I know exactly what you’re talking about. I knew the fragrance rep for Pucci at the time and was in awe of all these pretty bottles. I distinctly remember the yellow one.
I’d love to get my hands on a sample of Folavril soon. I’m a fan of tomato leaf.
Of course I am now lemming a discontinued perfume with a ridiculous price tag!
I’m wearing the fragrance that I bought solely for the bottle: vintage Narcisse Noir by Caron. The juice I think has probably turned as it’s quite soapy smelling, but oh, that bottle!
Bergdorfs now carries the limited edition bottles. I was at the Caron boutique earlier this week but was in a hurry so did not ogle anything else besides transacting my down powder puff purchase.
Nice! That Caron boutique would be worth a visit.
Oh, that is a GORGEOUS GORGEOUS bottle.
nice score!
Fast forward – I went to Bergdorfs before heading home and did a quicky sniffa – I did not like Narcisse Noir at all so perhaps yours has not turned. We have similar perfume loves which is why I brought this up.
Interesting. Did it smell like overpoweringly floral soap?
Lifeless floral soap. The first one I smelled was Aimez Moi (wowee) and then Narcisse Noir (blah).
I’ve got quite a few to choose from and went with JAR Golconda in the vintage Baccarat bottle. It came nestled inside a wooden crate filled with dried mini rosebuds.
The one I bought purely for the bottle and haven’t smelled as yet is a mini of Niki de Saint Phalle.
My latest bottle porn purchase was Coco Noir extrait. How cute is that bottle and the juice inside is great!
Oh I did always wonder how the JAR fragrances would be shipped. That sounds really fabulous!
I got the vintage version and the bottle and packaging are extraordinary. The “normal” ones have bottles that look like the middle slice of a light bulb were you to cut it in thirds from bulb to base; a velvet pouch and a sturdy cardboard box with a white luminescent overwrap wth metallic trim complete the ensemble.
The contemporary packaging fits with the JAR sniffing room aesthetic…. but your description of the vintage sounds really wonderful! I now officially have a new standard for luxury… dried rose buds in lieu of styrofoam peanuts!
Oh I just realized Your Niki idea! That mini is to die for. 🙂
I would be curious as to your take on Nikki. I have always loved that one.
I’ll report back on it and some other overdue ones (Dame)!
I wonder why I haven’t already bought a mini of Niki. Cobalt blue, twining snakes – I’ve always loved it.
The pure perfume bottle was absolutely stunning.
The rose-bud filled crate is too perfect!
There are two fragrances I purchased 100% for their bottles. One is Katy Perry’s Purr, which despite how much I enjoy the purple cat with the rhinestone eyes, I find the fragrance totally unwearable–even for an NST challenge. The other was a very old bottle of Nueva Maja Myrurgia which has pride of place on my vanity….but the juice is long gone.
Maja Myrurgia! I worked in Spain for a while and wore this..wow, seems like several lifetimes ago…
Hee hee, I love that purple kitty bottle, too, but gosh golly almighty that fragrance is beyond unwearable to my nose. I hope somebody loves it enough to wear it. It makes me sad to think of all those forlorn kitty bottles full of fragrance that never gets used. 🙁
SOTD = Oriza L Legrand Muguet Fleuri, which I am wearing because I love LOTV, and I think this one is a great version of the scent. But I also love those Edwardian/Are Nouveau labels that this house puts on their bottles, and when I use up my sample of this scent, I will buy a full bottle, and be happy to have the bottle as well as the juice. The Houbigant Iris des Champs bottles have perfect labels on them. Recently I notice I am attracted to bottles with gold, and I find the Geurlain Encens Mythique d’Orient bottle and also the Memo Quartier Latin bottle are both enchanting. I have both of these on my list of samples to acquire soon. Finally, I lust after the little colored bottle which Mohur Extrait comes in, as well as the wonderful juice itself. I am hoarding my sample of this. I could make this be my signature scent and wear it all the time.
Except when it is time to wear LOTV, of course….
ART Nouveau – please read what I mean, not what I type…
The Memo bottles are beautiful!
I have a generous manufacturer’s decant of muguet fleuri that is in need of a loving home! If you are interested, merifay, you can reach me at my username at gee mail.
Hey Fragrants,
I am at the moment torn between Botrytis and Angel… I am not keen on putting on Angel, it is my nostalgia scent nowadays, not me anymore, but that bottle has bought me almost ten years ago and I have yet to find one I enjoy holding that much. I have 13 different empties of it, and some has something left. I gotta tell you, sometimes i just line them up and keep sighing… Now THAT is bottle porn if anything! 🙂
Okay, Botryris. That is the second best bottle, but loving that thick honey wrap as well. So does it count?
I find myself disliking bigger bottles, so for me, the smaller and cuter the better. I have a thing for minis evidently, which I think comes from my dollhouser past, so my minis are a whole another question. Niki de Saint Phalle, anyone?
I also love the Encre Noir ph bottle.
But still,tonight is Botrytis.
Have a lovely weekend!
I agree the 30ml are often the cutest!
I got an Acqua di Parma Colonia Intensa Ambra mini yesterday:cutest little thing ever!Even in a miniature box that is the same as the big packaging!Lovely.
I don’t think I’ve ever bought just for the bottle, but I do have a Constellation bottle of Eau de Merveilles. Got lucky on ebay as the seller spelled one of the words worng, so nobody else bid on it and I got it super cheap! But that bottle is in the office and I am at home. What I’m wearing is the antithesis of bottle porn – CSP Vanille Mokha from a decant. And even if it were from the bottle, I don’t think anyone likes those metal canisters! It’s chilly and I’m tired, so thought the coffee would wake me up a bit.
Well SOTD is Lipstick Rose,solo this time without all the other lotions and potions(lesson learned)lol!I don’t have a FB yet,it was from the 5ml mini of my coffret-stash.I guess one buys Frederic Malle perfumes,despite the bottle?But as Merlynn pointed out to me,the understated bottles are still elegant.And who else has perfumers’ names on their labels!Nice touch.Happy Weekend NST!
Yes, that is my reaction – I buy Fredric Malle perfumes in spite of the bottles. If I want understated elegance, I’ll go look at stationary…..
But, good point about having the names of the Perfumers on the bottle. That improves them a little bit for me, actually.
I do think the Malle minis are particularly cute!
Meredifay, I go for overdone opulence in my stationary :p
Wouldn’t want my limited edition Mont Blanc fountains clashing with my perfume bottles… Especially not in front of my pile of Moleskin notebooks, lol!
I really like the Frederic Malle bottles – at least the 50 ml ones. They feel nice in my hand and I don’t feel like I’m going to drop them when I spritz…
I forgot about the theme, but my FOTD works anyway: Harajuku Lovers Baby. I’ll confess to buying the HL perfumes strictly for the bottles, but I like the scents anyway! Nothing sophisticated, true, but cheerful and fun.
They are sooo cute!I have the Super G bottle,where she’s flying like a superhero!Actually forgot I had that one!LoveLove!
I just sold my entire collection of the original Harajuku Lovers collection for cheap as they were just taking up space.
Have never bought a frag just for the bottle, though I do love Vol de Nuit’s, among others. If you look at the Lalique scents on the NM site, they have a couple of beautiful offerings, esp the crystal bottle for the extrait de parfum and the fleur de cristal limited ed flacon. Really have no interest in the brand’s scents, but talk about bottle porn!
The Kilian bottles from 2008 (saw them on Fragrantica) hand painted by Sophie Matisse are incredibly lovely–can’t imagine the price they’d fetch now.
Oh, had never seen the Sophie Matisse bottles – those original ones are beautiful!
Bvlgari Black is probably the most interesting bottle of perfume I own. The original Marni is also fun and adorably fits the juice inside. But I didn’t buy either fragrance because of the bottle – it’s all about the juice!
^ I just realized I didn’t buy either perfume, full stop. One was received in a swap, the other was a gift. But my opinion still stands! 🙂
Not opinion, I meant statement.
Where’s my coffee when I need it? [slinks out of the room]
It’s ok. We all have days like that! Thanks for sharing…
Thanks, meredifay. 🙂
Glad I’m not the only one compulsively posting and then having to add on follow up remarks 😀
I aim to please. 😉
Strength in numbers!
I’m spoiled for choice, because so many of my favorite scents come in my favorite bottles.
1) Chanel no5, no19, no22, Bois des Isles and Cuir de Russie, all in the classic square Chanel bottle, which is my absolute favorite bottle.
2) Bottega Veneta and BV Knot, both excellent shapes with deep, heavy glass bases.
3) Folie de Rose and Ecume de Rose in Parfums Rosine’s frosted glass ovals with charming tassles.
And finally, the choice for today, Plus que Jamais in the Guerlain bee bottle. Perfect for a quiet, cloudy day.
The Bottega Veneta bottles are really wonderful – hefty and special.
I love those simple, substantial bottles. They remind me of Swedish art glassware, which I love for the same esthetic. Plus the BV bottles have the best spray mechanisms. They don’t belch, burp, or dribble, they just emit a firm, fine spray, easily controlled.
Yes ! I do enjoy applying the BV fragrances. The whole product is well executed.
I had forgotten that nice BV heft, and now it sounds like just the thing…. I may not (consciously) buy perfumes for their bottles, but I think I can be influenced to *use* the perfume by its bottle.
I think there’s a logical conclusion in there somewhere about buying perfumes for their bottles.
Those Rosine bottles are nice to hold.
That Bottega Veneta is a beaut.
I’m in Balenciaga Paris, because it’s one of my favorite bottles ever. It’s not holding up too well in the heat and humidity we’re having here though. I also love all the recent Chloe bottles.
Yes, I bought one of the 30-ml bottles mainly for the bottle. I do enjoy the perfume but will probably never use up the mini I bought originally.
Lulu Guinness Cast a Spell. Many bottles are more elegant, but this one appeals to the kid whose fist movie in a real theater was Sleeping Beauty: http://www.makeupalley.com/product/showreview.asp/ItemId=71095/LuLu-Guinness-Cast-a-Spell/Lulu-beauty/Fragrances
Unfortunately, it smells like strawberry Kool-Aid with a touch of mothballs.
Lulu Guinness Cast a Spell. Many bottles are more elegant, but this one appeals to the kid whose first movie in a real theater was Sleeping Beauty: http://www.makeupalley.com/product/showreview.asp/ItemId=71095/LuLu-Guinness-Cast-a-Spell/Lulu-beauty/Fragrances
Unfortunately, it smells like strawberry Kool-Aid with a touch of mothballs.
Oh, yes, I like that bottle, too. I have it, but on me it smells like blackberry with a lot of patch, sorry that it doesn’t smell so good on you. Body chemistry!
I’m very embarrassed to admit it but, yes, I bought the Encre Noire eau de perfume in that crystal Lalique inkwell and, yes, the bottle is beautiful. It’s about was bottle-porny as I can get.
I also have the original cargo-cult-cum-tiki Idole de Lubin edt bottle.
However, it’s hit the 80s here in Chicago here so both of these would be a bit heavy for the heat. Therefore, I’m wearing the Comme de Garçons eau de parfum from 2011 in that faux reject bottle.
The Idole bottle is a great one, definitely.
Crystal Lalique inkwell…drool!
OH, gosh, I love that faux reject bottle! And the juice is so interesting. Still tempted.
I’ve actually never bought a fragrance just b/c of the bottle, even though I have seen plenty of gorgeous bottles. I actually have a very small collection of beautiful glass, cut, pressed, colored, etc, fragrance bottles. I’ve always been attracted to beautiful bottles, even the ones that are not really practical. The two most unique, albeit, not expensive, fragrance bottles I have were both from different trips to Europe. The first, bought in a shop on Montmartre from a high school trip, is a small glass bottle with silver and crystal embellishments on the front. I used to keep some of my Fragonard “Mimosa” in it when I was young. The other bottle is blue pressed glass with a brass & glass stopper and I bought it on the Charles Bridge from some street vendor when I was in Prague during study abroad in college. Ok, so all this happened nearly 30 years ago! I’ll get out of my way back machine now.
The most beautiful bottles I currently own and wear are Shalimar extrait, Ralph Lauren Safari, Oscar de la Renta Esprit d’Oscar, MPG Secrete Datura (original nymph one), and Diptyque Essences Insensees. Unless the austere classic Chanel bottle counts too, and I have a bunch of those from No 5, NO 19, Coco, Bois des Iles, etc, and of course there are the iconic Annick Goutal bottles. I have a bunch of them, as well as one of the round “moon” Songes edp bottles and the unusual “bag” shaped glass stoppered bottle for Ce Soir ou Jamais edp. Today I’m wearing Essences Insensees.
So that ‘bag’ is made of glass? All this time I thought it was the usual bottle in a bag, and I couldn’t figure out why ALL the photos showed the bag.
I’m not sure we’re on the same page. The gold lame bags are indeed what covers the classic Goutal ribbed bottle with the edps. The old Ce Soir ou Jamais edp “special” bottle is glass that is carved to look like a pouch. Follow this link and you’ll see the pix. (Apparently there is also a baccarat crystal version of this as well!)
http://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Annick-Goutal/Ce-Soir-Ou-Jamais-753.html
Thanks! Now we’re on the same page. I never looked very closely at that pic before. How do you like the bag bottle?
SOTD is Eau de Rochas. I didn’t buy it because of the bottle, but I love the texture of it and how the cap feels in my hand. And I love the way it smells.
I have a mini of Pino Silvestre – it’s shaped like a pine cone and I love it. I also have a mini of Sonia Rykiel that’s shaped like a sweater.
I don’t usually buy scents because of the bottle, but there are some I won’t buy because of the bottle – Womanity comes to mind…
I keep wanting to like the Armani Onde series because of the bottles, but the descriptions don’t’ thrill me and the scents are not cheap enough yet to buy unsniffed.
I think it’s the green one I like – and I love the bottle, but the lasting power on me is too weak to make it worth while – even with the price reduced.
SOTD Bottega Veneta, a very stylish, satisfyingly heavy bottle. I like the Hermes bottles, which are in a similar vein, as well.
Like you, I’m a fan of Bottega Veneta fragrance and bottle.
Here’s my sad bottle story: I bought Van Cleef and Arpels Feerie on a sale sight purely on the bottle without doing my usual due diligence. It looks like a big blue sapphire and has a little fairy on a branch on the cap…it was too crazy to pass up. It was reviewed here so check it out under reviews if you’re unfamiliar. Unfortunately I did not care for the scent. It was way too fruity berry for me and every time I wore it I just thought of walking past Bath and Body Works. You know how you walk past it at the mall and it’s not unpleasant but you just know if you stick around too long it will give you a headache? It was like that but in a bottle. Like I said, no due diligence. I ended up giving it away to a friend’s teenage daughter and she loves it. Today I am wearing EL Bronze Goddess because they change the bottle year to year and for whatever reason I really get a kick out of that.
I do like the Feerie bottle! I think Turin wrote something about it potentially poking someone’s eye out 🙂
Oh, that IS a fruity one, Yikes.
They have flankers, which show up fairly often on the discounters. None of them are All That, but they’re better than the original.
I am so disappointed that they never did a green one.
Never bought a perfume only for its bottle, although I would buy even an empty bottle of Guerlain’s 2014 Muguet!
*I would of course buy it full, if it wasn’t a gazillion dollars…! 😉
After commenting yesterday on the new Hiris bottle, nice and Hermes hefty, not blue frosted but see through, for some reason I looked at the back of the bottle and discovered the cutest drawing on the back of the label, a sort of iris butterfly fairy. For the moment my favourite bottle with the typical Hermes hidden fun.
kind of like an Easter egg on a website…
Big ol’ Bottle Ho checking in here…. I’d say fully half my bottles were bought for looks alone, and the tackier the better! (Not surprisingly, I have found that the juice in said bottles is also tacky more often than not )
Having so many to choose from was problematic, so I ultimately just went for the house which is a veritable Temple of Tackiness, and narrowed it down to Couture La La.
To me, it smells like a hot iron on a blouse you’re touching up that still has a trace of perfume lingering on it from the last time you wore it. I don’t think it’s quite as loud as its sisters, at least not to me.
And while we’re on the subject of bottles, can anyone confirm that the bottle of L’Artisan Rose Privee is not as pretty IRL as it looks in the pictures? Someone told me that the roses are not actually painted on the bottle….
Vintage Nahema PdT from the beautiful round bottle with the crystal stopper. This is literally the only one I bought just for the bottle because, um, I already had a perfectly good tester bottle from the 80s. But when a friend decided to sell off her classic round bottle for a good price, I jumped at the chance. After all, it is one of my favorite fragrances and, well, THE BOTTLE.
Gosh, I’d forgotten that bottle; you never see them anymore. Jealous! 🙂
Since the subject is bottle porn, which suggests pure fantasy, I thought I’d post some pictures of truly sublime bottles I will never own (or probably see in real life), but nevertheless…
First prize goes to Agonist for: http://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Agonist/Liquid-Crystal-11010.html
Second prize also to Agoinist for: http://www.globalblue.com/destinations/sweden/stockholm/a-must-have-fragrance-from-swedish-perfumery-agonist/
Third prize to Killian, (and thanks to Johanob to bringing this beauty to my attention): http://www.globalblue.com/destinations/sweden/stockholm/a-must-have-fragrance-from-swedish-perfumery-agonist/
And I am wearing Habanita Edp, which is as close to owning a Lalique as I will probably ever get 🙂 Lovely matte black glass with the classical Lalique designed frieze on it. Added bonus – its not so $$$$ that I am terrified of picking it up.
Other favored bottles in my collection: Encre Noire (Homme) and Concentree Orange Verte. I actually love all the coloured Hermes cologne bottles – and if I was to buy largely for the visual effect I would have the full series of these lined up on my dresser!
Gosh that was fun! Thanks for posting the links to those glorious bottles.
Ren’t they beautiful! Glad you enjoyed 😉
Ech! I meant ‘Aren’t…
I love the Aedes bottles and half bought Iris Nazarena just for that reason. I also love my Bond Chinatown bottle, although I am no longer a fan of Bond fragrances.
I have a couple of perfumes that I bought because I really liked the bottle and in most cases I knew before the purchase that I liked the juice too. They are:
Fifi Chachnil – I liked (but did not love) the perfume, but I just had to have the pink bottle with the bulb sprayer.
Isabey Fleur Nocturne – Had to have the blue bottle with the orange dots on it. I knew the scent was good on me, so didn’t hesitate.
Bond No 9 I Love New York Earth Day- Bought without sniffing because I fell in love with the pretty green bottle. It has a lot of LOTV, which can go either way for me, and fortunately, I really like the perfume.
I also have L’Artisan Ananas Fizz in the pineapple top bottle. Knew I liked it before I bought and was happy to be able to get the fancy bottle.
It’ll probably take me more than an hour to get through all the comments, so I’ll comment before I make dinner and come back and read the entire thread later. I’m in L de Lolita Lempicka Coral Flower, which comes in an even cuter bottle than the original L, with frosted aqua glass, and a charm with my initial picked out in seed bead “pearls.” Luckily I also like the scent, although it’s cold and rainy here today, and I think of its brown-sugar-and-grapefruit quality as more suitable for warm weather. I think I’ve at least liked all the Lolita Lempicka perfumes I’ve tried, although the edts are very wispy and fleeting on me.
Hope everyone has a great weekend, and Happy Mother’s Day to all the Moms.
287 comments? Probably 2 hours, assuming I don’t constantly stop to look up pictures of all the bottles I haven’t seen before.
I used to collect miniatures. Romeo Gigli, Claude Montana, Vicky Thiel Sirene and Deci Dela were so cute!
I like the new Myrrh Cassati bottle and Knot for their heft.
My all time favorite is the Parure parfum bottle with the wave-shaped stopper. I wore the edt today from the bee bottle tester.
I’m in Tom Ford Velvet Orchid. LOVE the ridged deep purple bottle with gold plaque & LOVE the scent. Black Orchid was a bit too much for me, but Velvet Orchid is just right! Mr A2P enjoys it too, doesn’t irritate his sensitive nose.
Bond No 9 Signature & New York Amber bottles are equal parts enjoyment of bottle vision & scent.
Chanel Coco Noir, the longer I own it the more I realize I love the bottle WAY more than I do the scent.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Coco Noir is the one scent I’ve considered buying purely because of the bottle. It’s beautiful.
I was travelling yesterday, so couldn’t post, but was wearing Narciso. This is the only scent I think I would not have bought if I didn’t love the bottle so much (I do like the scent, but nit THAT much). This white bottle is perfect. I generally prefer minimalist design and as many others above, love Chanel, especially the exclusifs, and Serge Lutens, especially the export line. For a little opulence, I like Tom Ford and by Kilian, and if I’m feeling more austere, Byredo and Le Labo. Although Byredo’s candles look better than their pefumes. And FM samples come in beautiful packaging!
Also, I plan to get a bottle of Fleur du Male for decoration purposes.
*not I keep confusing i and o on my iPad, I almost typed Tim Ford earlier. Imagine how different the world would be if he really was called Tim.
Annikky, I’m quite surprised that you are the first to mention Narciso! I agree it’s a lovely bottle. The scent is nice too – but I also prefer the bottle 🙂 I came quite close to buying it after reading Turin’s review in Style Arabia. Then I realized that much of the pleasure was coming from the images he supplied to go with the scent, and not the scent itself…
Decorative purposes! LOL!
Just remembered another beautiful bottle: the original Chloe parfum bottle, perfectly round with the frosted calla-lilies stopper.
I went for old good Safari for Men from Ralph Lauren before I even logged in here. Looks like it was a good choice not only because the scent is amazing. Normally I’m into simple bottles but the look of Safari and the quality of it stole my heart.